{"id":109036,"date":"2017-01-02T08:49:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T00:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=109036"},"modified":"2017-01-02T08:49:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T00:49:34","slug":"chief-executive-sense-humour-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/chief-executive-sense-humour-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief executive with a sense of humour, please"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Kannas Wu \u2013<\/p>\n<p>To ABC (Anyone But CY) supporters, Christmas came early this year. Two weeks before the festival, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying turned Santa Claus, bringing good news to his critics he would not seek re-election. He cited unbearable pressure of election campaign on his family. The spirits of the city were lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Leung\u2019s shock exit promoted his deputy Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngnor to reconsider running, joining retired judge Woo Kwok-hing and potential rivals including former financial chief John Tsang Chun-wah and legislator Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee.<\/p>\n<p>Who will get Beijing\u2019s blessing is too early to tell. But it is time to ponder about what kind of chief executive Hong Kong want; what quality\/qualities he or she needs to have.<\/p>\n<p>Full article:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'pt serif', georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/12\/30\/chief-executive-with-a-sense-of-humour-please\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/12\/30\/chief-executive-with-a-sense-of-humour-please\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Kannas Wu \u2013 To ABC (Anyone But CY) supporters, Christmas came early this year. Two weeks before the festival, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying turned Santa Claus, bringing good news to his critics he would not seek re-election. He cited unbearable pressure of election campaign on his family. The spirits of the city were&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":107852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17613,8,6855],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cy1215.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-smE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91985,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/a-chief-executive-battle-in-the-dark-everyone-can-see\/","url_meta":{"origin":109036,"position":0},"title":"A chief executive &#8216;battle in the dark&#8217; everyone can see","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"May 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Chris Yeung Pundits say a \u201cchief executive battle in the dark\u201d (\u7279\u9996\u6697\u6230) has begun. 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